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Alpine Grassland Orange
Aponotoreas insignis
Aponotoreas insignis (also known as the Alpine grassland orange) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is endemic to New Zealand.
From the article Aponotoreas insignis on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
A. insignis prefers to inhabit tussock land on the mountain sides of the South Island. Larvae exist on species of Chionochloa and Poa.
Wikipedia: “Habitat and hosts”
What it does
This moth is day flying. Adults of the species can be found on the wing between January and March.
Wikipedia: “Behaviour”
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Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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Every page naming Aponotoreas insignis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 385963.